Improvement in children s carriages



G P. C. ROSENTHAL.

Childrens Carriage. No. 106.286. Patented Aug. 9, 1870.

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l GNTHER FRIDRIUHGARL ROSENTHL, 0FV PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VANIA.

Letters Patent No. 106,286, dated August 9, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT 'IN CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To whom it may concern: j

I, GNTHER FRIDRICH CARL RosENTHAL, of Philadelphia, Vcounty'f'if Philadelphia, State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Childrens Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Object of the Invention.

My invention consists of a bar or bars attached to the body, springs, rear axle, or other portion of a childrens carriage, and extending so far to the rear of the carriage that, should the latter be accidentally tilted backward, the bar or bars will `strike the ground, and

`will prevent the overturning of the carriage and conse- '.quent danger to the occupant.

General Description. Childrens carriages are generally so nearly balanced over the rear axle that there is constant danger of the.

overturning ofthe body should the occupant lean back, when the carriage is not carefully held or guided.

To overcome this objection l have so arranged a bar or bars at the rear of the carriage that they will strike the ground, and serve 4as guards, to prevent the overturningof the carriage when the weightis thrown to the-rear of the axle.

One method of carrying out my invention is illustrated in gs. l and 2, which represent a carriage having a side axle and pair ofv wheels, A,a rest, B, and a tongue, G, infront.

v The guard-barsF F -are in this case secured to or from part of the springs, and are furnished at their outer ends with small wheels or rollers, a a; which reduce the friction, and prevent jarring when the bars striketbe ground. They also enable the carriage to be lifted over gutters, 85e.

VThe position assumed by the carriage, when it is a. cidentally tilted backward, is plainly illustrated by dotted lines in fig. 1, and any tilting movement beyond this would be impossible.

Figs. 3 and 4show the application of' my invention to a four-wheeled carriage, with a pusher-bar, H, behind. I'n this case the'guards F are secured to the -rear axle and body of the carriage, and the said bars, instead of being furnished with rollers at their outer ends, are merely turned upward or coiled, as shown.

`'.llhe bars may be of any form and may be secured to the body, springs, axle, or other convenient portion of the carriage; and, in some instances, one bar only may be used instead of two, as above described.

Claim.

The combination with a childrens carriage, supported at the rear by wheels,A A, of a permanent guide-bar or bars: projecting at the r ar of the. carriage 4 

